Transiting baby from my bed to her crib

ariel81085

I know I know I shouldn't have let her get in the habit of sleeping with me and my husband but we did now we just dont know how to get her to sleep in her crib. Right now the crib has turned into just a decoration. Any tips or advice would greatly help!

ariel81085

btw she is almost 11 months old she falls asleep in my arms and when i put her down she wakes up. if she falls asleep in bed with me its usually because i rubbed her hands or feet till she fell asleep please help i wont do crying out method ive gotten her to sleep in her crib once for like 3 hours but she woke up not knowing where she was a crying... her crib is also in the room with my 5 year old HELP!

 

cndmexbaby

There is nothing wrong with having her sleep with you. I love bedsharing and it is completely natural. If you want to transition her to the crib, I recommend this book (NCSS) or this one (No Cry Nap Solution).

kenna_4

The no cry sleep solution did nothing for us.

The baby whisperer worked for us. You put your baby in the crib and lay her down if she sits up. If she really starts to cry, you pick her up, the second she stops crying you put her back down. When she is laying in the crib you keep your hand on her until she falls asleep. I didn't believe in CIO either. I only had to actually pick DD up 3 times with this method. She doesn't cry. You might have to lay her down/pick her up over 100 times the first few times but because they know they are falling asleep in the crib they don't wake up and not know where they are, and you are there with them when they fall asleep. If DD wakes up in the night we just go lay her down, put our hand on her for a few minutes and she's back to sleep no problem.

 GL

 

ltate_8

I have two thoughts, one that we did not do and one that worked for us. 

1. We started out having him nap in his crib, and that made the transition easier.  We also had a night light in there at first, now no night light and STTN! 

2. If the problem is unfamiliarity maybe put the crib in your room until your LO does not wake up scared. (I don't know about this one, but the top one worked for us.)

TXBaby2

cndmexbaby:

There is nothing wrong with having her sleep with you. I love bedsharing and it is completely natural. If you want to transition her to the crib, I recommend this book (NCSS) or this one (No Cry Nap Solution).

This exactly.